"It's really kind of unbelievable, my mind is just [like], 'Am I dreaming? Am I awake?'" she declared. "Is this what life feels like? Maybe this is what dreaming feels like when you're awake. I cannot believe it."

Aduba added that she has been overwhelmed by the critical success of Orange Is the New Black.

"That is just like the most incredible feeling coming into this community," she explained. "I came from the theater before this and so, you know, that's a community in the theater and I was wondering, what is the community in television?

"And it's just been so wonderful to see that embrace, not only of our show but seeing other casts, like the cast of Scandal, who I see them around and they just love each other, I love it, I couldn't ask for a better reception."